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I think it's pretty clear at this point that the iPhone 5S will not have a built-in fingerprint scanner. If it does, it will most likely be in the form of an onscreen virtual unlock feature. Thoughts anyone?﻿

I think it is pretty safe to say at this point the Ubuntu Edge Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign was Canonical's self-imposed test to show manufacturers that there is significant interest in their OS, and their vision of the future of smartphones and computing at large. Thirty days was probably the longest they could fundraise, without running into any supply chain issues or timecrunchs concerning the mass production of an Ubuntu device had new manufacturers decided to give it a greenlight for release in the fall and early 2014. It was fun watching. Ubuntu may indeed come out of this trial more noticed and exposed as ever. We shall now see what the fall brings.﻿

It was an idea sharing service, where users in a company or group could share "spaces" to exchange information and ideas. I used it in the classroom so that my students would have a sounding board to post notes and comments and respond to questions posed by me and other staff members. It was simple, efficient, and well designed. Apple used the app at one point to advertise the iPhone 5 on apple.com.﻿

You want to get a good sense of what iOS 7 is going to feel like and how it will make you feel about the look of iOS 6? Fire up a game of dots on your iPhone and play for about 5 minutes (download it from the App Store if you don't have it). Hit the home button and look at your iOS 6 icons. They suddenly seem sharp and kind of ugly. I think I'm going to love iOS 7. It looks modern and playful. ﻿

Wow. You could say it has hit the fan in Detroit, but the fan has probably already been liquidated.

From Politico:

Democratic corruption is so bad in Detroit, that it rivals the third world, said the Manhattan Institute’s Fred Siegel. “The depth of corruption and dysfunction is so fantastic, it’s gone so far past anything you can imagine, it’s so far that you might describe it as third-world dysfunction. There’s no need (for conservatives) to gin it up. It’s just right there. It’s there for the taking.”

In one place, conservative pundits have found a symbol of everything they charge is wrong with the left’s policies. Welcome to Detroit - the latest bull’s eye for commentators on the right who have zeroed in on what they see as the three evils of liberalism, neatly condensed within city limits: Unions run amok pillaging the city’s...